December 2011
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Dear all of you,
A couple months ago, an ebook anthology titled “Corpus Pretereo” dropped with my story “The Carnival” between its virtual pages. The editors have written to all the contributors and asked us to plug the collection again and so I am going to bore everybody here with this a second time. For those of you who’ve already seen this, I apologize for this...
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Ping Pong
“Morning, man.”
“It’s half past eleven.”
“Uhhh. Yeah.”
“What happened to you last night? You get drunk?”
“Scotch. Scotch happened.”
“I thought you were gonna take it easy.”
“There might have been a girl involved.”
“Oh yeah?”
“She rolls up next to me and says ‘where’s your...
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Bro, I'm Stuck, Bro
“Dammit, Shirley’s gonna kill me.” Nicky whined
“What?” Angelo asked.
Nicky pointed at his feet where the toe of his new black and white wingtip was stuck in the business end of a severed head.
“For Christ’s sakes, Nicky, get your fuckin toe outta his neck, already. What did you do? Trip on it?”
“Yeah. I think it’s stuck,...
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Trying to Make a Call
I was 22 when I went looking for the devil. Lost my virginity first. I know. Late bloomer. Figured if my little errand went sideways I’d at least have that to think about for a fiery eternity. Sweet note she left me in the morning. Too bad my name’s not George.
I wasn’t raised god-fearing, so I first heard about Satan when “Devil Come Down to Georgia” played on the...